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| rchadd:
if you want to use a really low spec (cheap) pc maybe should consider using vantage emulator instead of mame. think it supports most classic cocktail games. http://www.mameworld.net/pc2jamma/vantage.html |
| hulkster:
well i have some P3 pc's laying around here at work, so im okay in that deptartment. im guessing win98se with mamewah? i mean, probably only about 30 games or so will be on this machine. she isnt a huge arcade fanatic, but the thought of playing frogger and a bunch of other classics on an arcade cab was very appealing to her. so this isnt an arcade junkie...just someone who wants to relive the past. i have a 19" pc monitor and will probably sell her that to use...unless i can get by with a 15" on a cocktail?? |
| zaphod:
DOS, with Vantage and ArcadeOS, maybe? Don't load Windows on it. The 15" might work. EDIT- Missed the Vantage post a couple up. |
| hulkster:
okay one more question. im charging her for the cabinet/materials, and the labor. however this brings me to the roms and stuff. i know this is a touchy subject, but for those of you who have made cabs for others and sold them...surely there are some of you who have sold them to people who have never heard of the word emulator. so my question is, do you just give them to the customer and kind of look the other way? i dont care about making profit on roms or anything like that, but she doesnt know anything about roms, so she wouldnt be able to get them herself, but the whole purpose of building this thing is for her to play games like donkey kong, frogger, etc....not imitations. suggestions? |
| rchadd:
official line: you should only play roms that you are legal entitled to ;) it is illegal to sell rom files. the only legal roms files are ones that actually own the PCB of, or roms you have purchased a licence from starroms (the only supplier i am aware of). ...then again will the rom police really come battering down your door? i have seem many cabs on ebay with disclaimer along the lines... "installed roms are for demonstration only. it is the buyers responsibility to delete any roms that they are not entitled to use." |
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